Our San Francisco Letter. the War. San Francisco, August
"The pomp and circumstance of glorious war" still hold the centre of the stage in American affairs. Our arms are. victorious in Cuba, Porte Rica, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Riverina · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1898
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Cable News. the Dervish Losses. Terrible Slaughter. 11,500 KILLED 16,000 WOUNDED. 4,000 Taken Prisoners. London
An official statement has been issued by Sir Herbert Kitchener respecting the losses sustained by the Khalifa's army in the battle near Omdurman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Soudan War. Dervishes Defeated by Loyal Tribesmen. Mahmoud's Brother Killed. London
It has transpired that on Thursday last, the day before the great battle neat Omdurman, a party of Jaalins and other loyal tribesmen from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War with Spain. Alleged Mismanagement. London
Yielding to the pressure of public opinion in the United States, President M'Kinley has decided to apppoint a commission to inquire into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cable News. the War in the Soudan. Pursuit of the Dervishes. London
Tribesmen friendly to the Egyptian army are actively pursuing the retreating Dervishes. An attempt is being made to rally the Dervishes at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. the Late War.—spanish Senate Agree to the Peace Peoposals. London, Sept. 11
The Spanish Senate has adopted the proposals for peace between Spain and the United States. Justice White has resigned his position as one of the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War-horses of Great Generals. How They Met Their Deaths
If horses could speak it is very likely that they would have, sent a delegation of influential equine representatives to Washington some time ago…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Latest. London, Sept. 13. the Late War—arranging Peace Conditions
After a long debate, the Spanish Senate has finally adopted the bill sanctioning the the protocol drawn up as the bases for a treaty of peace between Spain and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Troops Despatched. War Ships Sent. Withdrawal of Turkish Troops. London
A thousand British troops have been despatched to Candia, the capital of the island of Crete, in the Mediterranean, in view of the recent Moslem…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Soudan War. Abe the French on the White Nile? British Occupation of Egypt. Fashoda Held As a Protest. London
The situation at Fashoda, on the White Nile, some 400 miles south of Khartoum-Omdurman, which is supposed to be in French occupation, is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The American Military Forces. Statement by General Wheeler. Renewal of the War Anticipated. London
Notwithstanding the prospects of an early peace between Spain and the United States, as a result of the meeting of the Spanish and American…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable News. the Soudan War. French Press Greatly Excited. London
The Parisian Press is in a state of ferment concerning the possible meeting of the French and British in Fashoda on the Nile…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Spanish War. the Convicts Pardoned. London
Admiral Montojo, the Spanish naval commander, has been suspended. The Spanish convicts who fought as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The 'Soldiers' Social
THE ladies of Gundagai, at a meeting on Friday afternoon last, decided to alter the price of admission to the military ball to be held next week,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Back From the War. the Grenadiers at South-hampton. Enthusiastic Welcome. London
The Grenadier Guards, who have been on service in Egypt and the Sondan, have returned to England. They landed at Southhampton for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Soudan Campaign. Soldiers Dying Like Flies. From Enteric Fever. London
A startling report comes from Egypt regarding the health of the British troops. The Alexandria correspondent of the Daily Chronicle states that the British troops…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A War Yarn
The war has been very prolific of astounding yarns, so the following, which has just arrived, does not surprise us very much. Somewhere in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ladies' Column. the Soldiers' Social. a Huge Success. Gundagai, 10.10.'98
DEAR MOLLY,—Whatever made you let that horrid newspaper man see my last letter for? You know I wrote in a confidential strain, and if…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Future of the Wheat Market. the United Kingdom in Case of War. Proposed National Granaries. Artificial Production of Nitrate
WHATEVER may be the immediate future of the wheat market, the address of Sir W. Crookes, the president of the British Association, in his inaugural address at Bristol,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Soldier and the Cow
A soldier once got drunk and wes put into a cowshed to sleey off the effects of the drink on some straw. During the night a thief entered the…
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